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It offers a reading of the early 1970s McAppy report, a witty proposal by the British architect, thinker and radical innovator Cedric Price (1934–2003). The two-volume report combined with a Portable Enclosures Programme (PEP) proposed how to improve labour conditions, assuring happiness and well-being, both mental and physical, for employees by prioritizing a low-stress, boredom-free building site.
![Cedric Price. McAppy, 1973-1975. Cedric Price fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture. © CCA, Montréal Cedric Price. McAppy, 1973-1975. Cedric Price fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture. © CCA, Montréal](/content/dam/domusweb/en/news/2017/02/07/mcappy_cca/domus-mcappy-06.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
![Cedric Price. McAppy, 1973-1975. Cedric Price fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture. © CCA, Montréal Cedric Price. McAppy, 1973-1975. Cedric Price fonds, Canadian Centre for Architecture. © CCA, Montréal](/content/dam/domusweb/en/news/2017/02/07/mcappy_cca/domus-mcappy-03.jpg.foto.rmedium.jpg)
9 February – 14 May 2017
What About Happiness on the Building Site?
curated by Giovanna Borasi and André Tavares
CCA: Canadian Centre for Architecture
1920 rue Baile, Montreal